first name
ABRAHAM
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 84,024 people named Abraham, 57.2% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 26.4% as White and 8.7% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Abraham peaked in 2016, when 2,584 babies got the name.
At least 104,175 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Abraham by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #338. The largest share of babies named Abraham, 29.1%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Abraham is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Abraham has been most common in Hawaii (2.5×), New York (2.4×), and Arizona (2.3×), and least common in West Virginia (0.07×).
96,536 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Abraham
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Abraham, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Abraham ranks #1,011 of 156,621, with 33,875 people. See Abraham as a last name
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